Archive for February, 2010

Bob Baerg Joins RNIN

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Bob Baerg has just joined RNIN as inside sales director. Many folks in the US would know Bob as the ‘face’ of Rollouts Inc. – he left them about a year ago (obviously to do the ‘Director, Business Development at Align 4 Profit’ gig. Rollouts Inc. are a little pricey, but offer pretty good service.

#DOOHBizConf And #ISE2010 Stats

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Andrew Neale

I have been playing with a number of Twitter reporting tools in order to gather some statistics for a report the team is putting together for the people at ISE on what buzz, if any, we managed to create for them with social media around last week’s event. No doubt Adrian will make some of […]

Deutsche Telekom Out (Off) Home

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

It’s always sad to see screens off… Spotted in the Metro Assent Management Mall (Mecator Center, Duisburg) – a network we believe managed by Deutsche Telekom Out of Home.

POPAI’s (Privacy) Code Of Conduct

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

The Digital Signage Group, the advocacy and standards arm of Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) focusing on the digital signage industry published on Monday the industry’s first code of conduct for the utilization and deployment of consumer tracking research and technology. More than 18 months in development, the code of conduct provides recommendations to […]

Digital 3D At Grand Central Station

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

CBS Outdoor, on behalf of client Visa, is running what is believed to be the first out-of-home high definition 3D projection advertising campaign. It’s part of Visa’s full ‘Go World’ campaign tied to the 2010 Olympic Games whereby Visa has also taken over New York City’s Grand Central Station with wall displays, wrapped columns and […]

#ISE2010 – Amsterdam Thoughts

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

You would have thought that after almost a full week in Amsterdam last week we could and would have spent the weekend relaxing but unfortunately not as we were part of a content and strategy workshop for one of our clients on the Saturday (with obligatory dinner on the Saturday evening) and then indulged ourselves […]

#DOOHBizConf – Observations

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s Saturday morning, back at home after most of the week away in Amsterdam (Sunday to late Thursday for most of our team) and time to dwell on the conference and exhibition. I will start off first on the conference which started the day before #ISE2010 proper… #DOOHBizConf on the Monday and part of the […]

Richard Massella Joins BroadSign

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As the economy seems to be picking up, BroadSign is expanding its sales force in North America. News reaches us that Richard Massella, formerly a worldwide sales manager at Netkey Inc. joined BroadSign in late January. Richard has a 10-year track record of success in sales of SaaS products and will focus on direct sales […]

Time For Industry To Find Its Voice

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Guest Contributor, Ken Goldberg

Last week, in a post titled Getting The Message Ken Goldberg, CEO Real Digital Media, discussed how three forces appear to be engaged in a battle for the hearts, minds and wallets of the digital signage marketplace. Here he writes a special guest contribution for us exploring that further… The unstated thesis of the (original) […]

#ISE2010 – World Barista Championship

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Yes, we are biased, but we think that the Blogger Lounge was a big success! Elsewhere you’ll read about the stunning MicroTiles displays that the nice folks at Christie Digital generously lent us (but just for the occasion – we unfortunately don’t get to keep them), the free wi-fi access for the blogger community and […]